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adapter). It may shroud and protect vulnerable systems such as electrics or machinery of
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is connected to the Core Stage with the Launch Vehicle Stage Adapter (LVSA)
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missile. First stage is on the right, separated second stage - on the left
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Examples of rocket stages featuring an interstage adapter:
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Index

Interstage

UGM-73 Poseidon
rocketry
cylindrical
aerodynamic
rocket stages
spacecraft
payload
rocket engines
staging
Centaur
Atlas-based
launch vehicles
Atlas-Centaur
Atlas V
S-II
S-IVB
Saturn V
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
SLS Block 1
payload
Exploration Upper Stage
SLS Block 1B/2
Smith 2002
Human Spaceflight: Mission Analysis and Design
ISBN
978-0-07-236811-6
"NASA Continues Progress on Artemis III Rocket Adapter with Key Joint Installation - NASA"
"The Launch of Atlas-Centaur 5"

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